McGrath, S. P. and Zhao, F-J. 2015. Concentrations of metals and metalloids in soils that have the potential to lead to exceedance of maximum limit concentrations of contaminants in food and feed. Soil Use and Management. 31 (Suppl. 1), pp. 34-45.

Lombi, E., Nowack, B., Baun, A. and McGrath, S. P. 2012. Evidence for effects of manufactured nanomaterials on crops is inconclusive. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS. 109, p. E3336.

Ma, J. F., Yamaji, N., Mitani, N., Xu, X-Y., Su, Y-H., McGrath, S. P. and Zhao, F-J. 2008. Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS. 105, pp. 9931-9935.

Fan, M-S., Zhao, F-J., Poulton, P. R. and McGrath, S. P. 2008. Historical changes in the concentrations of selenium in soil and wheat grain from the Broadbalk experiment over the last 160 years. Science of the Total Environment. 389, pp. 532-538.

Fox, M. A., Zhao, F-J. and McGrath, S. P. 2004. A new method for the determination of the 34S/32S ratio of water-soluble sulphur in soil. International Journal Of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. 84, pp. 323-329.

Johnson, D. L., Maguire, K. and McGrath, S. P. 2000. The role of soil microflora in the enhanced bioremediation of PAHs in the rhizosphere. Proceedings Remade Lands 2000, International Conference on the Remediation and Management of Degraded Lands, Freemantle, Western Australia, 30 November-2 December 2000 .

Adams, M. L., McGrath, S. P. and Zhao, F-J. 2000. The uptake of cadmium and lead by wheat and barley from British soils. Abstracts British Society of Soil Science Conference Eurosoil 2000, Reading, 4-6 September 2000 .

McGrath, S. P. 1997. The use of N-fixing bacteria in revegetation of metal-contaminated land. Abstracts International Conference on the Remediation and Management of Degraded Lands, Hong Kong, 3-6 December 1996 .

Baker, A. J. M., McGrath, S. P. and Reeves, R. D. 1991. In situ decontamination of heavy metal polluted soils using crops of metal-accumulating plants: a feasibility study. Abstracts International Symposium on In Situ and On Site Bioreclamation, San Diego, March 1991 .

McGrath, S. P. 1987. Computerized quality control, statistics and regional mapping of the concentrations of trace and major elements in the soil of England and Wales. Soil Use and Management. 3 (1), pp. 31-38.

Stafford, E. A. and McGrath, S. P. 1986. The use of acid insoluble residue to correct for the presence of soil-derived metals in the gut of earthworms used as bio-indicator organisms. Environmental Pollution. 42 (3), pp. 233-246.

McGrath, S. P. 1985. The effects of increasing yields on the Macro- and Microelement concentrations and offtakes in the grain of winter wheat. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture - jsfa. 36 (11), pp. 1073-1083.

McGrath, S. P. 1982. The uptake and translocation of tri-valent and hexa-valent chromium and effects on the growth of oat in flowing nutrient solution and in soil. New Phytologist. 92 (3), pp. 381-390.

McGrath, S. P. 1982. The effects of concentration and valency of cr around the root in nutrient solutions and in soil cr uptake and toxicity. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture - jsfa. 33 (10), pp. 966-967.

Bloomfield, C. and McGrath, S. P. 1982. A comparison of the extractabilities of zn, cu, ni and cr from sewage sludges prepared by treating raw sewage with the metal-salts before or after anaerobic-digestion. Environmental Pollution Series B-Chemical and Physical. 3 (3), pp. 193-198.